Germany won’t pass Islam law regulating behavior of Muslims
Newsweek :German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed calls from high-ranking members of her own party to introduce a so-called “Islam law,” regulating the religious practices...
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Turkey points finger at Assad for chemical weapons attack
AFP :Turkey said on Thursday the autopsies of three Syrians killed in an attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria confirmed that chemical weapons had been used...
NZ floods force evacuations after Storm Debbie
BBC Online :The entire town of Edgecumbe on New Zealand’s North Island has been evacuated, after severe flooding.About 600 homes and 2,000 people are affected,...
Pope hails UK Muslims’ role in inter-faith dialogue
AFP, Vatican City :Pope Francis met briefly on Wednesday with a delegation of four British Muslim clerics and praised their contribution to dialogue between different...
Pope hails UK Muslims’ role in inter-faith dialogue
AFP, Vatican City :Pope Francis met briefly on Wednesday with a delegation of four British Muslim clerics and praised their contribution to dialogue between different...
Germany won’t pass Islam law regulating behavior of Muslims
Newsweek :German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed calls from high-ranking members of her own party to introduce a so-called “Islam law,” regulating the religious practices...
N Korea test-fires missile into sea ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Reuters, Seoul :North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, ahead of a summit...
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Xi visits Finland on his way to USAFP, HelsinkiChina’s President Xi Jinping, on the way to his eagerly awaited first encounter with Donald Trump, met...
McCain slams Trump’s Syria policy as a ‘disgraceful chapter in American history’
AP, Washington :After a gas attack reportedly killed dozens of civilians in Syria Tuesday, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., took on President Trump and Secretary of...
Pakistan accepts, India rejects US peace talks offer
Dawn.com, Washington : The US offer to help de-escalate tensions between India and Pakistan led to a chain of reactions on Tuesday, as Pakistan welcomed the...
More than half a million sign petition demanding Melania Trump`s move into the White House
AFP, New York : More than half a million people have signed a petition demanding that First Lady Melania Trump move into the White House or...
`No defense` against multiple Russian missiles: US general
AFP, Washington : The United States and its allies would have “no defense” against large numbers of ground-launched cruise missiles of the type recently deployed by...